Heroes’ Square
Hősök tere is one of the major squares in Budapest, Hungary, noted for its iconic Millennium Monument with statues featuring the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian national leaders, as well as the Memorial Stone of Heroes, often erroneously referred as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Square
- Description: major square of Budapest
- Also known as: “Heroes‘ Square”, “Heroes‘ square, Budapest”, and “Hősök tere”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Városliget and Museum of Fine Arts.
Városliget
Photo: Сергей Марцынюк, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Városliget is a large park in Budapest. This article describes the western part of the 14th district: Városliget and Istvánmező.
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Palace of Art. It was built by the plans of Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herzog in an eclectic-neoclassical style, between 1900 and 1906. Museum of Fine Arts is situated 180 metres northwest of Heroes’ Square.
Palace of Art
Museum
Photo: xorge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Budapest Hall of Art or Palace of Art, is a contemporary art museum and a historic building located in Budapest, Hungary. Palace of Art is situated 130 metres southeast of Heroes’ Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Terézváros and Erzsébetváros.
Terézváros
Terézváros is the traditional name of the VI. district of Budapest. "Teréz" refers to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Hungary.
Erzsébetváros
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Erzsébetváros is the traditional name of the VII. district of Budapest. The name refers to Empress Elizabeth of Austria and Hungary, popularly known as Sissi. This is the smallest of Budapest's 23 districts, covering only 2 km².
Angyalföld
Angyalföld in the 13th district in Budapest. In the early 20th century, this area was a slum. Until the 1950s it was a part of the 7th District. Then housing estates with mostly 11-floor buildings were built.Heroes’ Square
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Heroes’ Square” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميدان الأبطال”
- Aragonese: “Plaza d’os Herois de Budapest”
- Armenian: “Հերոսների հրապարակ”
- Azerbaijani: “Qəhrəmanlar meydanı (Budapeşt)”
- Azerbaijani: “Qəhrəmanlar meydanı”
- Basque: “Hősök tere”
- Belarusian: “Плошча Герояў, Будапешт”
- Belarusian: “Плошча Герояў”
- Bulgarian: “Площад на героите”
- Catalan: “Plaça dels Herois”
- Chinese: “英雄广场”
- Croatian: “Trg heroja u Budimpešti”
- Czech: “náměstí Hrdinů”
- Czech: “Náměstí Hrdinů”
- Dutch: “Heldenplein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الابطال”
- Esperanto: “Placo de Herooj”
- Estonian: “Kangelaste väljak”
- Finnish: “Sankarien aukio”
- French: “Hősök tere”
- French: “place des Héros”
- German: “Heldenplatz”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Ηρώων”
- Hebrew: “כיכר הגיבורים”
- Hungarian: “Hősök tere”
- Indonesian: “Hősök tere”
- Italian: “piazza degli Eroi”
- Italian: “Piazza degli Eroi”
- Japanese: “英雄広場”
- Korean: “회쇠크 광장”
- Latvian: “Varoņu laukums (Budapešta)”
- Latvian: “Varoņu laukums”
- Macedonian: “Плоштад на хероите”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Helteplassen (Budapest)”
- Norwegian: “Helteplassen”
- Persian: “میدان قهرمانان (بوداپست)”
- Persian: “میدان قهرمانان”
- Polish: “Plac Bohaterów w Budapeszcie”
- Portuguese: “Praça dos Heróis”
- Romanian: “Piața Eroilor din Budapesta”
- Russian: “площадь Героев”
- Russian: “Площадь Героев”
- Serbian: “Трг хероја”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hősök tere”
- Slovak: “Hősök tere”
- Slovenian: “Trg herojev, Budimpešta”
- Slovenian: “Trg herojev”
- Spanish: “Plaza de los Heroes”
- Spanish: “Plaza de los Héroes”
- Swedish: “Hjältarnas torg”
- Turkish: “Kahramanlar Meydanı”
- Ukrainian: “Площа Героїв”
- Vietnamese: “Quảng trường các Anh hùng”
- Western Armenian: “Հերոսներու հրապարակ (Պուտափեշթ)”
- Western Armenian: “Հերոսներու հրապարակ”
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